2 Bank Robbery Suspects Held, Accused In 10 Heists

AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA

September 10, 1992

Two men accused of being members of a ring suspected of robbing 10 banks in Seminole, Volusia and Lake counties since 1990 were ordered held without bail Wednesday.

Sean Griffith, 22, and John Luiz, 22, both of Sanford, were arrested Tuesday morning by FBI agents and Seminole sheriff's deputies. Both were charged with conspiring to commit bank robbery after they were seen watching the First Union National Bank on Red Bug Lake Road in Winter Springs. Both are being held without bail at the Seminole County jail.

The bank was not robbed, but deputies stopped Griffith and Luis in a car near Sanford. Inside, investigators found a revolver, a mask and gloves.